Commis d'office
Appointed by the Court
Appointed by the court : to the courts in Grenoble, or elsewhere in France, it is the beginning of a career for the young lawyers fresh from school. A brutal apprenticeship of daily justice, the justice that punishes misdemeanors, those caught red-handed, driving without a license and petty theft. The state appointed are the guarantee society offers to every citizen, even the poorest, to a defense by a lawyer. On paper it is the right to justice for everyone and the promise of an equal defense, a minimum in a democracy. On paper... But a state appointed lawyer has 10 minutes to become familar with a case and 10 minutes to meet with his client. He must improvise a defense before going to the "flags" (the immediate hearing) the same afternoon. Emergency justice, theatre of human drama, expeditive justice when hearings follow one after the other. "It's better to steal 3 million francs from a company than to pinch a handbag...", says a judge. Those appointed by the state develop their first arms in a context where rapid coercion often replaces a preferably more attentive justice.
France - 2000 - 1 h 04 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour
Réalisation
Frédéric Compain
Scénario
Frédéric Compain
Enquête
Éric Merlen
Image
Pierre Boffety
Son
Laurent Malan
Montage
Alberto Yaccelini
Musique
Pierre Lemarchand
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Production
Audiovisuel Multimedia International Productions,
52, rue Charlot,
75003 Paris, France
Tél : +33 1 4887 4513
Fax : +33 1 4887 4010
E-mail : amip@amip-multimedia.fr
Co-Production
Canal+
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Ventes
Doc & Co,
13, rue Portefoin,
75003 Paris, France
Tél : +33 (0)1 4277 5687
Fax : +33 (0)1 4277 3656
E-mail : doc@doc-co.com |
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